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Social Studies at the Center : Integrating Kids, Content, and Literacy by Doug Selwyn and Tarry Lindquist (2000, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHeinemann
ISBN-100325001685
ISBN-139780325001685
eBay Product ID (ePID)1638637
Product Key Features
Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School
Number of Pages272 Pages
Publication NameSocial Studies at the Center : Integrating Kids, Content, and Literacy
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2000
SubjectTeaching Methods & Materials / Social Science, General
TypeStudy Guide
Subject AreaSocial Science, Education
AuthorDoug Selwyn, Tarry Lindquist
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight16.7 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width7.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceElementary/High School
LCCN99-047993
Dewey Edition21
Grade FromThird Grade
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal372.83/044
Grade ToEighth Grade
Table Of ContentContents: 1. Integrated Curriculum 2. Tarry's Unit: Windows on the World 3. Doug's Unit: Immigration 4. Questions and Responses 5. Our Favorite Strategies, Resources, and Websites Appendix: A. The Essential Social Studies Skills B. The Essential Social Studies Skills Checklist C. Best Practices in Social Studies D. Window on the World Checklist E. The Model House Project
SynopsisFor too many years in too many classrooms, social studies has been something that is "done" to students - with no real bridge between students' experiences and the pursuit of social values and moral citizenship. With the publication of Social Studies at the Center, Tarry Lindquist and Douglas Selwyn change all that. For the first time, students actually "do" social studies. They read, write, act, sing, dance, and draw social studies. They compare, organize, investigate, interview, and analyze facts. Most of all, they come to love social studies because in the process of studying content, they are learning more about themselves. Social Studies at the Center presents a view of teaching and learning that connects what students learn in social studies with how they learn it and what they feel about it. With an emphasis on meaning and understanding over coverage of facts, the authors demonstrate how to customize learning to accommodate students' interests. They support an integrated approach to social studies teaching and place the subject at the center of the entire school curriculum. In addition to providing a large repertoire of learning strategies, Lindquist and Selwyn demonstrate how intermediate and middle school teachers can put social studies skills, content, and knowledge at the center of their school day - with benefits that are reaped beyond the social studies period. Two units are provided as models: one on geography and the other on history. An entire chapter is dedicated to responding to both common and uncommon questions about the teaching and learning of social studies. Another details sixty-eight practical integrative strategies that teachers can put to immediate use. Favorite resources and websites are shared, and a brief review of national standards and assessment strategies are included. Whether you are a seasoned or novice teacher, new to the profession or new to the grade level, Social Studies at the Center will serve as that veteran educator down the hall who recognizes that the best learning occurs in an integrated, real-world context and that the best vehicles for achieving this are small group work, hands-on projects, kid-centered research, and student-based assessment., For too many years in too many classrooms, social studies has been something that is "done" to students--with no real bridge between students' experiences and the pursuit of social values and moral citizenship. With the publication of Social Studies at the Center, Tarry Lindquist and Douglas Selwyn change all that. For the first time, students actually "do" social studies. They read, write, act, sing, dance, and draw social studies. They compare, organize, investigate, interview, and analyze facts. Most of all, they come to love social studies because in the process of studying content, they are learning more about themselves. Social Studies at the Center presents a view of teaching and learning that connects what students learn in social studies with how they learn it and what they feel about it. With an emphasis on meaning and understanding over coverage of facts, the authors demonstrate how to customize learning to accommodate students' interests. They support an integrated approach to social studies teaching and place the subject at the center of the entire school curriculum. In addition to providing a large repertoire of learning strategies, Lindquist and Selwyn demonstrate how intermediate and middle school teachers can put social studies skills, content, and knowledge at the center of their school day--with benefits that are reaped beyond the social studies period. Two units are provided as models: one on geography and the other on history. An entire chapter is dedicated to responding to both common and uncommon questions about the teaching and learning of social studies. Another details sixty-eight practical integrative strategies that teachers can put to immediate use. Favorite resources and websites are shared, and a brief review of national standards and assessment strategies are included. Whether you are a seasoned or novice teacher, new to the profession or new to the grade level, Social Studies at the Center will serve as that veteran educator down the hall who recognizes that the best learning occurs in an integrated, real-world context and that the best vehicles for achieving this are small group work, hands-on projects, kid-centered research, and student-based assessment., Social Studies at the Center presents a view of teaching and learning that connects what students learn in social studies with how they learn it and what they feel about it.
LC Classification NumberLB1584.L543 2000
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